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Richard L. Livingston v. Douglas Curtis, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 24-3128 · judgment October 3, 2025
Certiorari denied · March 30, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
This Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana, 590 U.S. 83, 89-90 (2020) that non-unanimous criminal verdicts are unconstitutional. The question presented is whether that holding extends to courts-martial?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Robert Allan Feldmeier
Law Offices of Robert Feldmeier
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2026Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent Curtis, Douglas to respond filed.
- Feb 13 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2026)